Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with 30 years of industry experience and the author of 30 books. He is the owner of Thurrott.com and the host of three tech podcasts: Windows Weekly with Leo Laporte and Richard Campbell, Hands-On Windows, and First Ring Daily with Brad Sams. He was formerly the senior technology analyst at Windows IT Pro and the creator of the SuperSite for Windows from 1999 to 2014 and the Major Domo of Thurrott.com while at BWW Media Group from 2015 to 2023. You can reach Paul via email, Twitter or Mastodon.

Paul Thurrott’s Recent Posts

Microsoft Now Lets You Hide the Bing Button in Edge

Microsoft has quietly issued an updated version of Edge 111 that lets you hide the…

Microsoft to Cut Off Bing Results to AI Rivals

Bloomberg reports that Microsoft has alerted partners that they cannot use Bing search results in…

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Ask Paul: March 24 (Premium)

After a rather interesting flight home from Mexico City, we’re back to face our home…

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Visual Studio Code as a Writing Tool (Premium)

I've long wanted to switch to Markdown for all of my writing, but I have…

Opera Brings More AI to its Web Browsers

Opera announced today that it is adding more AI-based functionality to its Opera and Opera…

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Inbox Zero (Premium)

I continue to struggle with staying on top of email, but the solution is obvious.…

GitHub Announces Copilot X

Microsoft’s GitHub announced today that it is evolving its Copilot functionality with ChatGPT-4 to provide…

Microsoft Tests New Windows 11 Features in the Release Preview Channel

Today, Microsoft released a new preview build of Windows 11 to the Windows Insider Program’s…

Bill Gates Chimes in on AI

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says that AI is one of only two revolutionary technologies that…

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What I Use: Mexico City (March 2023) (Premium)

On Thursday, we fly home from Mexico City after a three-week stay in which my…

Adobe Offers More Responsible Generative AI

In a sharp retort to OpenAI and Microsoft, Adobe today announced Firefly, a family of…

Lenovo Yoga 9i 14 Gen 8 Review

The 8th-generation Lenovo Yoga 9i carries over the design from its predecessor and adds a…

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From the Editor’s Desk: Research (Premium)

A tale of an upset stomach, a sushi bar, two unprepared strangers, one well-researched stranger,…

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Do You Get It Now? (Premium)

While Sony and most of the rest of the planet has been obsessed with Call…

Amazon to Lay Off Another 9,000 Employees

Amazon laid off 18,000 employees in January. But it's not done downsizing yet: the online…

Windows Everywhere is Now Available!

After a tumultuous week, I am happy and relieved to announce that Windows Everywhere is…

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